Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
UK
Contact person: Ms Amy Walling
Telephone: +44 1163052085
E-mail: commissioning.support@leics.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Corporate Eye Care Voucher Scheme
Reference number: DN753001
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85160000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Contract to provide eye tests to employees of Leicestershire County Council (LCC) through a corporate eye care voucher scheme. The Service will enable the Council to meet its legislative requirements and maintain a duty of care to staff.
In addition, the contract will need to deliver the ability to order specialist vouchers as needed including safety eyewear, drivers eyecare, lens insert, safety eyewear lens.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
57 500.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Contract to provide eye tests to employees of Leicestershire County Council (LCC) through a corporate eye care voucher scheme. The Service will enable the Council to meet its legislative requirements and maintain a duty of care to staff.
In addition, the contract will need to deliver the ability to order specialist vouchers as needed including safety eyewear, drivers eyecare, lens insert, safety eyewear lens.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality - Key Criteria
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to ward notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Provision (Provided Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this to this award.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by the 17th March 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award). This contract has yet not been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under PSR. Representation can be formally made through the Council's (Leicestershire County Council) complaint procedure.
The relative importance of the key criteria that the Councils used to make their decision was based on the following:
Pass/Fail on Key Criteria:
Quality & Innovation
Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice
Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability
Social Value
Value (Price)
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 17th March 2025 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice).
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/03/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd
Forum 6 Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley,
Fareham
PO15 7PA
UK
NUTS: UKF22
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 57 500.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Leicestershire County Council
Leicester
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/03/2025